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Proverbs 4:23 “Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life.”   The importance of the heart and mind is seen here in this verse. The very issues of life proceed out of the heart and mind (thoughts).   The Old Testament word for ‘issues’ brings out the meaning… Read more »

TERROR TO TRIUMPH CHALLENGES OF THE 21 CENTURY continued   “Patience is the result of well centered strength; it takes the strength of Almighty God to keep a man patient.” (OS)   “Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.” Psalms 27:14   “Be still before the LORD and… Read more »

THE HEART continued…   Deuteronomy 12:20 “When the Lord your God enlarges your border as He has promised you, and you say, ‘Let me eat meat,’ because you long to eat meat, you may eat as much meat as your heart desires.”   “Enlarge your border” is a promise to the Children of Israel in… Read more »

THE HEART – PROVERBS 4:20-27   In these next few letters, I want to concentrate on what the Bible calls THE HEART.   Since my wife’s brain aneurysm and consequent stroke, I have been doing some study about the brain and heart, and looking at it from a biblical point of view.   Another definition… Read more »

CHALLENGES OF THE 21ST CENTURY   I have been writing about the need for character. When we look at the business, political, educational as well as art world we see this need for character becoming more and more manifest.   A congressman yelled out, “You lie!” when the President of the United States was speaking… Read more »

CHALLENGES OF THE 21ST CENTURY continued   “It is not a question of learning a thing outside, but of determination inside.” Oswald Sanders   I spoke in a church on John 4:34 where Jesus mentioned to His disciples that His food was to do the will of the Father. I brought out that one of… Read more »

CHALLENGES OF THE 21ST CENTURY continued   “A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.” (Proverbs 22:1) A good name and character go together.   When we see in our culture here in the West the surging moral relativism as well as our eroding value… Read more »

CHALLENGES OF THE 21ST CENTURY – continued   When we think of character we must think about COMMITMENT.   When I look at the evangelical scene today I see a great lack of commitment. When I look at the lack of laborers out on the field especially in the difficult areas of the world with… Read more »

CHALLENGES OF THE 21ST CENTURY continued: If you were to go to a concordance and look up the word “character” you would find that the word is listed approximately 5 times in the NIV Bible. Although the word character is not found as the word “character,” the thought and teaching of what character means runs… Read more »

2006 was an unusual year for me. In my 60 years of ministry I had no year like that one. I cannot go into all the details of what happened, but ten days before Pentecost Anneli and I spent more time in prayer for that particular day.   I asked the Lord how much time… Read more »